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Jeannie Thompson: Reelect Jan Burton to Boulder City Council

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10/06/2017 07:10:10 PM MDT

In the Sept. 20th letter to the editor by James L. Hill, he recommends voting out all incumbents, largely due to their support of the muni project. However, Jan Burton is running for re-election as a council member who is against the ballot measure for muni.

Jan is a common-sense council member, an environmentalist, and she has supported the goals of the muni project. However, she has become skeptical over time that the city can meet the legal and regulatory challenges within a reasonable budget and timeline. She voted with council members Andrew Shoemaker and Bob Yates in April 2017 to discontinue the PUC proceedings and move to negotiations with Xcel.

She is now critical of the additional money being requested on November's ballot and has said she will vote against it due to the escalating costs, impact on city reserves, and lack of clear timeline for reaching our climate goals. She is encouraging Boulder to work with Denver, the state, and Xcel to attain our mutual targets, which will do more to further climate goals at the state level. She has additional ideas for addressing our climate objectives.

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